Pink swayers' September thread

[zanacal]

Hee hee!

[Chicky]

I am still here too. Although still nothing going on. CD66! I have a terrible sore throat. Not sure if it is from the aspartame or if I caught ODS cold. I'm wondering if I O now if my egg will even be healthy? I am making an appointment with the doc soon. Was trying to wait it out but this is ridiculous! I have wasted so much money on supplements and opks this cycle. I just want it to end. But I will only continue ttc until mid-Nov. I was on the diet over the xmas holidays when ttc last time and it sucked! I probably cheated too much which is why I had ds2 (although he was conceived 4 weeks after xmas so shouldn't have really affected the diet). Anyways, I don't want to torture myself through the holidays like that again. Then I wouldn't ttc in Jan since ds2 was conceived then and I wouldn't want the same bday month. I don't want to ttc in Feb or March because Nov/Dec birthdays would be crazy...we have 3 immediate family bdays in Nov already and I really don't want a xmas baby. Then I would skip April too because Jan is too close to xmas (I know...I'm getting picky). So we wouldn't start ttc again until next May!!! That seems crazy to me. I really thought I would've had at least 3 or 4 attempts in before I got to the holidays. And I haven't even had 1 yet! So sad.

[swish]

That's so frustrating for you, chicky, fx your body sorts itself out very soon! Big hugs, x

[Mochagirl]

chicky - I hope everything works out for you

[zanacal]

chicky, sounds like you're being far more patient than I could ever be. FX that you O very soon x

[rainbowflower]

is it bad that I'm hoping we'll be lucky first month...? honestly I don't know how long I'll be able to stay on this diet. At some point in the next couple of months (or weeks) I'll become underweight and I'm also hoping that either weight loss will stabilise or that it won't affect my fertility

thing is, we have never conceived first month - it's been 2nd cycle (within 3 months) both times

noone knows if gaining then losing repeatedly is a bad thing if you conceive in the losing cycles, right..?
I really don't feel that comfortable putting my body through all this, but I'm not actually struggling on the diet

[swish]

Hi rainbow, that's not bad at all, I think we'd all like to get a bfp on the first attempt in an ideal world!! I felt really uncomfortable about what I was doing to my body but now I've altered things to be more in atomic's guidelines I feel ok about it. Also for the first 6 weeks I found the diet easy too but after that it got much harder, I think it's the failed attempts that disheartened me and made me wonder how long I'd be denying myself!!! I think I've struck a balance now and made it work for me the best I can, I know my diet is not the best for girl swaying but I am happy with sustaining it a bit longer if I have to which I wouldn't have said back in July!!

[maybeoneday]

I am a bit torn in hoping for a BFP on the first month. I really want to be pregnant and only want 2 school years between DS and the next baby so need to get preggers by December but want to have lowered my fertility sufficiently to get a girl. I fell first month of trying with both boys so I guess I am kind of expecting it as well. Time will tell..... x

[zanacal]

That's how I felt maybeoneday - at least it keeps my expectations of having a boy in check!

[Mochagirl]

maybeoneday - there's no way to win. Either you get pregnant your first try and worry you didn't reduce your fertility enough, or it takes months and you end up dropping parts of your sway out of desperation and feeling crappy about it later (like me). Personally, I think you're better off getting pregnant your first month when you have all parts of your sway on track.